Field groups in AL

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• DenSter Member Posts: 8,307

  2018-02-25 Answer ✓

  You can add fieldgroups, but you can't modify existing field groups. Create a new area called "fieldgroups", just like "Fields" or "keys". Here's an example from my 'Book' table:

  fieldgroups
  {
      fieldgroup(DropDown;"No.",Title,Author)
  }
  

  Daniel Rimmelzwaan
  RIS Plus, LLC

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• brimfred Member Posts: 14

  2018-02-25

  Perfect thanks DenSter

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• DenSter Member Posts: 8,307

  2018-02-25

  you're welcome

  Daniel Rimmelzwaan
  RIS Plus, LLC

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• Theo_van_de_Ven Member Posts: 22

  2018-05-08

  So I can use fieldgroups in my extension if I have a new table in my extension but I cannot use fieldgroups in my .al file that extends an existing table. Any suggestions on how to change the fields shown in a dropdownlist for an extended table?

  Theo van de Ven
  Technical Consultant | System Administrator
  
  Rainbow Crossmedia BV
  Bosmanskamp 63
  4191MT Geldermalsen

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• TanyaM Member Posts: 3

  2018-05-10

  AL is a new development enviroment in NAV 2018. Thanks for sharing this valuable information, it was quite useful. if you wish to know more abot AL in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018 i would suggest you to visit this blog AL in NAV

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• julkifli33 Member Posts: 1,092

  2020-01-06

  whats wrong with my code here?
  
  
  
  

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• dalmatinko Member Posts: 11

  2020-01-06

  Hi
  julkifli33
  
  please try to use it like:
  
  fieldgroups
  {
  addlast(DropDown; "More Descriptive Option")
  {
  
  }
  }
  
  So, you can only add last Field(s) to existing fieldgroup.
  
  
  

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• julkifli33 Member Posts: 1,092

  2020-01-06

  AddLast cant be used in certain tables.
  in my case i am using "Item Vendor" table
  
  

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• dalmatinko Member Posts: 11

  2020-01-06

  You are 100% right!
  
  Who need that at all?
  Let's ask someone from Microsoft, what was the BIG/bug idea?
  

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• julkifli33 Member Posts: 1,092

  2020-01-06

  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/developer/devenv-field-groups
  
  i am not sure how do they do it here.

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• dalmatinko Member Posts: 11

  2020-01-06

  Simply, they choose example with Table which comes with defined DropDown value.
  In your example Table "Item Vendor" comes without definition for DropDown.

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• julkifli33 Member Posts: 1,092

  2020-01-06

  yeah... but they can use fieldgroup instead of addlast
  
  

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• dalmatinko Member Posts: 11

  2020-01-06

  I think, you can use it only when you create brand new table.

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• julkifli33 Member Posts: 1,092

  2020-01-09

  anyone, any comment?

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• faiandaripresa Member Posts: 1

  2020-10-02

  julkifli33 wrote: »

  anyone, any comment?

  I found a solution.
  Fieldgorups must be placed after Keys declaration. If you would order in ascending or descending mode by some fileds, you need to create an additional key contains which fields would you order.
  I hope is helpfull to you
  

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